Concrete construction



Oct. 30; 1923. 1,472,373

R. A. MEGENITY CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION Filed Feb. 4, 1919 Patented Get. 30, 1923.

entree stares RALPH A. MEGENITY, O33 KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION.

Application filed February 4, 1919. Serial No 274,891.-

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RALPH A. MncnNrrY,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Concrete Constructions, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in concrete construction.

One object of my invention is to provide novel, simple, cheap and efficient means for securely attaching veneer facings to cementitious bodies, such as walls, ceilings, piers, columns, beams, posts, lintels and the like.

hly invention provides further a novel My invention provides further novel means for supporting facing material to a ceihng composed of cementitious material.

The novel features of my invention are hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing, which illustrates my invention,

Fig. l is a perspective View, partly broken away, showing my improved anchoring member attached to a form and to a concrete wall.

Fi 2 is a ers )ective view enlar ed of one form of my improved anchoring member.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of a Wall tie adapted to be used in connection with my improved anchormg member.

Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view of my improvement as applied to a ceiling.

Fig. is a perspective view of a modified form of my improved anchoring member.

Similar reference characters designate similar parts in the different views.

Referring to the form of my invention shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 4, l designates a sub stantially straight strip, preferably sheet steel, which is folded upon itself to form a longitudinal row of laterally extending anchoring arms 2, having lateral extensions 8, ach anchoring arm being preferably a loop having its opening extending transversely so as to receive therein cementitious material. The anchoring arms 52 extend laterally from one side only of the'body of the strip 1 and, preferably, co iverge outwardly, so that the arms form a dove-tail connection with the concrete, the concrete between the arms and also outside or the arms serving to hold the arms firmly in the wall.

For attaching the anchoring member to the inner side of a wall form at, any suitable means may be employed. For effecting this function, l have shown the strip 1 as having stamped from its body a plurality of securing devices preferably comprising pointed tongues 5 which are cut from the body of the strip 1 and extend laterally from the opposite side of the strip, as best shown in Fig. 2.

In applying my approved anchoring ....,mber to a concrete wall, the strips 1 are attached in a. vertical position to the inner side of the wall form 4:, the tongues 5 being iven into the form, as Shown in Fig. l.

The concrete 6 is then poured into the Form, thereby embedding the strips 1 in the concrete with the outer sides of the strips iiish with the adjacent side of the wall. The cementitious material fills the openings ihrc cned, the mold boards at are removed.

gh the anchoring arms 2. ter the concrete has sufficiently hardlhe veneer timing 7 is then laid in horizontal layers to a height at which it is desired to bond it to the wall. The wall ties 8, each of which is provided at each end with a hook are then hooked about the strips 1 and laid upon the upper layer of the veneer facing 7 as shown 1n Fig. 1, suficient material being gouged from the wall to permit one so t of hooked ends of the wall ties being passed around the anchoring members, or the latter may be pried out from the wall sufliciently to enable the hooks to pass between the strip and the wall.

tinued until it reaches a height at which it is The laying of the veneering 7 is then con desired to again bond it to the wall 6, at which time another set of wall ties 8 are laid on the top row of the facing and attached, as already described, to the strips 1.

With my improved anchoring member, the

wall ties can be attached at any desired height.

In utilizing my improvement for suspending ceiling material from a horizontal con crete or cementitious ceiling body 10, the strips 1 are embedded in the body 10 in a horizontal position withthe lower sides of the strips 1 flush with the lower side of the body 10 and with the anchoring arms 2 embedded in the body 10.

Vertical tie members 11 each provided with a hook 12 at its upper end, have said hooks embracing the strip 1, as shown in Fig. 4. The horizontal ceiling material 13 is then attached in any desired manner to the lower ends of the tie members 11, the under side of the body 10 being gouged out at the proper places to permit the passage of the hooks 12 between the body and the strip 1.

In the form of my invention shown in 'l ig. 5, the strip 14, preferably flat sheet metal, is folded upon itself to form a longitudinal row of anchoring arms 15, which all extend laterally from one side of the strip i l and which at their inner ends are bent at right angles to form lateral extensions 16, which prevent the anchoring arms 15 from being pulled from the wall or ceiling to which the strip 14 is attached in the manner described with reference to the anchoring member 1.

The strip 14 may have punched from it on the side opposite to the arms 15 aplurality of pointed tongues 17, corresponding to the tongues 5 in function and mode of op eration. It will be noted that the anchoringarms 2 and 15 are each formed byfolding the metal strip its full width upon itself, which obviates the slitting or cutting of the metal and the use of dies for thus purpose, and affords a maximum of strength and holding power in the arms.

I do not limit my invention to the structures shown and described, as various modifications, within the scope of the appended claims, may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention.

What I claim is 1. An anchor strip of the character described, consisting of a metal strip alternate sections of which form respectively longitudinally extending portions adapted to lie along the surface of the concrete structure and anchoring arms adapted to be embedded in a concrete structure, the anchoring arms extending laterally from the longitudinally extending portion and having portions extending in a direction transverse to the length of the arm to provide anchor parts, said anchoring arms serving to connect the longitudinally extending portions, which latter are otherwise separate from each other, substantially as described.

2. An anchoring member of the character described, consisting of a sheet inetal'strip conformed to provide straight unfolded portions adapted to lie flat against a form, and folded portions, folded out of the plane of the unfolded portions, constituting anchor arms each projecting laterally to one side from the adjacent ends'of adjoining unfolded portions, and serving as the sole connection therebetween, said anchor arms having parts extending substantially parallel to the unfolded portions.

3. A wall tie ot the class described, comprising a :flat strip of metal of uniform width and moss-section doubled upon itself at intervals along its length so as to pro-' vide a plurality of anchor parts equal in width to said strip, all disposed on one side of the strip trai'isversely thereto and with the two leg portions of each anchor part pressed t0gGtl1e1,SLid anchor parts having the doubled over ends thereof enlarged and being adapted to be embedded in a wall or the like so as to locate said strip on the face thereof.

In testimon whereof I have si ned m i name to this specification.

RALPH A. MEGENITY. 

